How to ignore comments when reading a XML file into a XmlDocument? [duplicate]
You can use an XmlReader with XmlReaderSettings.IgnoreComments set to true:
XmlReaderSettings readerSettings = new XmlReaderSettings();readerSettings.IgnoreComments = true;using (XmlReader reader = XmlReader.Create("input.xml", readerSettings)){ XmlDocument myData = new XmlDocument(); myData.Load(reader); // etc...}(Found from here by searching for XmlDocument ignore comments)
You could simply add filter on your ChildNodes. E.g.
var children = myNode.ChildNodes.Cast<XmlNode>().Where(n => n.NodeType != XmlNodeType.Comment);Alternatively, you could load the XmlDocument passing in an XmlReader with settings such that XmlReaderSettings.IgnoreComments is true.
using (var file = File.OpenRead("datafile.xml")){ var settings = new XmlReaderSettings() { IgnoreComments = true, IgnoreWhitespace = true }; using (var xmlReader = XmlReader.Create(file, settings)) { var document = new XmlDocument(); document.Load(xmlReader); // Process document nodes... }}